Website accessibility intensive briefing (slides available)
Monday 20th September 2004
Thanks to everyone who attended this event and made it a great evening.
Copies of all presentations are available here.
Helen Petrie, The DRC strategy for website accessibility 34kb PDF
Léonie Watson, Effective Screen Reader Use 32kb PDF
Bhiru Shelat, Hints and tips for testing with users 35kb PDF
Kath Moonan, Skip to content(ment) 170kb PDF
As the Disability Rights Commission steps up the intensity of its campaigns, organisations are focussing their attention and resources on accessibility.
This intensive briefing will give you key knowledge and experience in web accessibility:
- An overview of the DRC's strategy for enforcing website accessibility
- First hand experience of web accessibility issues from a regular screen reader user
- Tips and recommendations about how to conduct effective accessibility testing
- Insights into how to make the implementation of accessible web pages run as smoothly as possible.
Speakers include
Helen Petrie, Professor of Human Computer Interaction, Centre for HCI Design at City University, and DRC
Leonie Watson, Head of accessibility, Nomensa, and Chairman of UA-WG (screen reader user)
Allison Tynan, Accessibility and Usability consultant, System Concepts
Kath Moonan, Poptel Technology
Venue: Microsoft, Microsoft House, Great Pulteney Street, London W1 Start
Time: Arrive 6:30pm for a 6:45pm start.
Finish: Around 8:15pm, with drinks until 9:00 Then moving on to Bar Digress on Beak Street (directions at the end of this mail).
Cost
Free to UK UPA members
Non-members: £10, £5 for students (payable at door)
RSVP
If you are intending to come, please email: Martin/Leslie/Phil at events@ukupa.org.uk to get on the list for the security desk. Please indicate your name, organisation or affiliation and whether you are either: (i) a UPA member, (ii) a non-member or (iii) a student non-member.
Book early as priority will be given to UPA members.
Acknowledgement
The UK UPA is grateful to Microsoft London and for hosting this meeting and again to the local organiser, Jarnail Chudge, for facilitating it.
How to get there
The meeting will be held at:
Microsoft London
MSN, Microsoft House
10 Great Pulteney Street
London W1R 3DG
Tel: 0870 60 10 100
Nearest tubes:
Tottenham Court Road: Central and Northern Lines
Piccadilly Circus: Piccadilly and Bakerloo Lines
Oxford Circus: Bakerloo, Central and Victoria Lines
Map and directions:
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/about/map-london.mspx
How to get to Bar Digress
- Turn right, as you come out of Microsoft. You're on Great Pulteney Street.
- Walk to the end of the street where it forms a T-junction with Beak Street.
- Turn left. You'll pass three smaller streets on your left. The fourth is Warwick Street.
- Bar Digress is right there on the corner.
Upcoming UPA events
Monday 18th October: Usability practitioners, designers and technologists - working effectively together
Thursday 18th November: Website design and evaluation
Thursday 16th December: Pervasive computing and Christmas party